Jackie Robinson’s influence on baseball and the Los Angeles Dodgers
How Jackie Robinson reinvented Major League Baseball and created a lasting legacy of diversity and community with the Los Angeles Dodgers.
The 2024 Chicago White Sox are one step away, but the 1961 Philadelphia Phillies’ 23-game losing streak remains the longest in major league baseball.
Since the end of the 19th century, 12 teams have lost at least 19 games in a row, with the White Sox recently making MLB history by losing 121 games in the 2024 season.
The 1988 Baltimore Orioles also lost 21 straight games, which until then held the sole American League record. There have been other big losing streaks in the past few decades, including the 2005 Kansas City Royals and 2021 Baltimore Orioles, who lost 19 straight.
Will someone break the Phillies’ misery?
Longest losing streak in MLB history
since 1900
- 1961 Philadelphia Phillies – 23 wins
- 2024 Chicago White Sox – 21st place
- 1988 Baltimore Orioles – 21
- 1969 Montreal Expo – 20
- 1943 Philadelphia Athletics – 20th place
- 1916 Philadelphia Athletics – 20 years old
- 1906 Boston American – 20 years old
- 1906 Boston Beaneaters – 19 years old
- 1914 Cincinnati Reds – 19 years old
- 1975 Detroit Tigers – 19
- 2005 Kansas City Royals – 19 wins
- 2021 Baltimore Orioles – 19
